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hey, you can hit us, you're not going to take us, we can absorb it. bring us your best shot. that's what he's saying. >> well, but what obama esaying here is, and there's been a lot of controversy about it. and i found it unusual that a president was willing to say that on the record. >> larry: you say he said he said it in the senate? >> but he didn't. i looked through all the senate career. i had the white house. i had robert gibbs, the press secretary, look through. you know, where is this? and he didn't say that. but there's a certain realism here. and i think -- and, again, the book goes into great detail about the terrorist warnings that the president gets every morning, and it would make your hair stand up. and i honestly think he's preparing the country, saying, you know, somebody's going to get through. it hasn't happened. you can't have zero defects. we're not going to stop them all. >> larry: why are people angry at his statement? >> because it suggests that somehow we're, you know -- >> larry: vulnerable? >> it's okay. it's okay. i don't think that's what he was s
hey, you can hit us, you're not going to take us, we can absorb it. bring us your best shot. that's what he's saying. >> well, but what obama esaying here is, and there's been a lot of controversy about it. and i found it unusual that a president was willing to say that on the record. >> larry: you say he said he said it in the senate? >> but he didn't. i looked through all the senate career. i had the white house. i had robert gibbs, the press secretary, look through. you...
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. >> it's all of us. it's the teachers, it's the parents, it's the decision makers, government officials, all of us. and this goes back to what ben was talking about, where do we go wrong. well, ben, you know, when school pride went across the country, we're going into schools and they don't even have to be inner city schools but they're all schools. there are chalkboards and that's what the teachers are writing out their -- they're teaching on chalkboards. and we're in a world of computers. there are schools that don't even have computers. so we -- >> larry: they don't have the equipment, the modern equipment of learning, that's ridiculous, isn't it? in a modern system, ben? >> well, i don't know how much educational computer equipment did thomas jefferson or james madison have? children with learn -- children can learn and speak to write, to do mathematics, to learn history without modern equipment. obviously sheryl is totally completely right, a school should be a clean, neat place with up to date equi
. >> it's all of us. it's the teachers, it's the parents, it's the decision makers, government officials, all of us. and this goes back to what ben was talking about, where do we go wrong. well, ben, you know, when school pride went across the country, we're going into schools and they don't even have to be inner city schools but they're all schools. there are chalkboards and that's what the teachers are writing out their -- they're teaching on chalkboards. and we're in a world of...
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pray for us. >> god's with us. keep praying, though. for everybody involved. >> thank you. >>> still ahead tonight, up close with actor michael j. fox. sanjay gupta's in depth interview. fox has been living with parkinson's for nearly two decades now. find out what his life is like now and his hopes for the future. >>> and another of bishop eddie long's accusers speaking out publicly. >> i am not a perfect man. but this thing, i'm going to fight. >>> michael j. fox doesn't give lindsey vonn, she stays tough! earlier, she had an all-over, achy cold. what's her advantage? it's speedy alka-seltzer. alka-seltzer plus. rushes relief for all-over, achy colds. the official cold medicine of the u.s. ski team. alka-seltzer plus. in 2008 i quit venture capital to follow my passion for food. i saw a gap in the market for a fresh culinary brand and launched behindtheburner.com. we create and broadcast content and then distribute it across tv, the web, and via mobile. i even use the web to get paid. with acceptpay from american
pray for us. >> god's with us. keep praying, though. for everybody involved. >> thank you. >>> still ahead tonight, up close with actor michael j. fox. sanjay gupta's in depth interview. fox has been living with parkinson's for nearly two decades now. find out what his life is like now and his hopes for the future. >>> and another of bishop eddie long's accusers speaking out publicly. >> i am not a perfect man. but this thing, i'm going to fight. >>>...
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thank you for being with us. the very latest on thoe floods, not only down in wisconsin, but in mexico as well. "larry king live" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, a controversial new film rips america's public schools. are they cheating kids out of an education? >> i want to go to school. >> larry: betraying them with broken promises. and teacher who is may be to blame. musician john legend, actress cheryl hynes are here. they'll tell us what we must do now so that our children have a fighting chance. a chance to overcome a crisis that threatens this nation's future. next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. musician john legend is an education reform activist. he wrote the song "shine" for the film "waiting for superman." his new album, "wake-up with the roots" is out now. michelle rhee is chancellor of the washington, d.c., public schools and she's featured in "waiting for superman." ben stein, the economist and former presidential speech writer, former college professor as well. steve perry is a c
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thanks for joining us, everyone. picture this, you wake up one day and discover a public official is targeting you, he singled you out by name and set up a blog dedicated solely to making vicious allegations against you, calling you a nazi, all that for starters. weird thing is you don't even know the guy and you're not even out of college yet. sound like a nightmare? it's happening to a college student in michigan and tonight we confront the public official behind it. we're going to ask him, why this kid and how does he justify targeting him? also breaking news, growing concerns about a possible al qaeda commando attack with gunmen on city streets storming hotels, shooting anyone in their path. if you remember the attacks on mumbai, this would be the sequel. we've got the latest where officials fear it could happen and where the killers could be coming from. >>> and later the defense rested in the two men accused in the horrific home invasion and murder in connecticut. we'll show you what kind of defense they put on
thanks for joining us, everyone. picture this, you wake up one day and discover a public official is targeting you, he singled you out by name and set up a blog dedicated solely to making vicious allegations against you, calling you a nazi, all that for starters. weird thing is you don't even know the guy and you're not even out of college yet. sound like a nightmare? it's happening to a college student in michigan and tonight we confront the public official behind it. we're going to ask him,...
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months ahead. >> just pray for us. >> god's with us. keep praying, though. for everybody involved. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >>> programming note, every night next week we're devoting time to the problem of bullying. i know a lot of adults think it's not so bad, but it's no longer just in the schools. it's online, and the taunts and terror accompany kids 24 hours a day. at the end of next week, we'll have a special hour of programming devoted to it. we'll hear from parents and educators, kids who have been bull ed. "american idol"'s crystal bowersox will be on. it's our special all next week on "360. ". >>> still ahead tonight, up close with actor michael j. fox. sanjay gupta's in-depth interview. fox has been living with parkinson's for nearly two decades now. we'll talk about what his life is like today and hopes for the future. >>> and another of bishop eddie long's accusers speaks out. >> i'm not a perfect man, but this thing i'm going to fight. will e more standard safety features "than you. "10 airbags... daytime running lamps.
months ahead. >> just pray for us. >> god's with us. keep praying, though. for everybody involved. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >>> programming note, every night next week we're devoting time to the problem of bullying. i know a lot of adults think it's not so bad, but it's no longer just in the schools. it's online, and the taunts and terror accompany kids 24 hours a day. at the end of next week, we'll have a special hour of programming devoted to it. we'll...
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they eat with us, play with us, travel with us, and apparently they pray with us for one family. look at this, the dog's name is jengo. >> come, say grace. dear lord, say grace. dear lord, thank you for this day and everything you've given us, thank you for allowing us to be the man and puppy that you've allowed us to be fe. father, thank you -- >> come on. how do we know that this isn't doctored video? >> i wonder if the dog is like please let me get my favorite treat tonight. >> the dog is trained. >> you can train a dog to do just about anything. i wonder if the dog had any sense of why he's doing that. >> this is part of their daily routine. i imagine that they believe the dog is praying. >> yeah. well, the dog is appreciative. >> he's just waiting for his treat, i think. >> whatever it takes. >> is this popular on the web? >>'s huge. everyone's talking about this now. the praying dog. >> want to try to get my dog to read the prayer book when i go home. see if that works. all right, thanks, guys. >>> making healthier choices when it comes to school lunches. we'll tell you why
they eat with us, play with us, travel with us, and apparently they pray with us for one family. look at this, the dog's name is jengo. >> come, say grace. dear lord, say grace. dear lord, thank you for this day and everything you've given us, thank you for allowing us to be the man and puppy that you've allowed us to be fe. father, thank you -- >> come on. how do we know that this isn't doctored video? >> i wonder if the dog is like please let me get my favorite treat...
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made us ask "who's the boss?" ♪ ♪ there is more to life than what you're living ♪ ♪ so take a chance ♪ brand new life around the bend ♪ >> well, if you think of him as a hunt i can housekeeper, wait until you check out the latest role. it's not acting. it's real life. he spent a year teaching tenth graders in philadelphia high school as part of a reality show. and it wasn't easy. >> are you nervous? >> i'm terrified. >> maybe you should wear more undershirts. >> yeah, yeah. i know. >> i'm very concerned he is not qualified to be an english teacher. >> you are right. how about that? you are 100% right. you think you know so much and then you find out you don't know nothing. >> if this doesn't work, you're out of here. okay? >> well, that was a clip from his new show and he says of the a bumpy road that sometimes led to tears, his own. here's what he told john roberts about self doubt as he hit the books. >> a lot of crying we see is you expressing self doubt. >> oh, yeah. >> it's like i don't know if i
made us ask "who's the boss?" ♪ ♪ there is more to life than what you're living ♪ ♪ so take a chance ♪ brand new life around the bend ♪ >> well, if you think of him as a hunt i can housekeeper, wait until you check out the latest role. it's not acting. it's real life. he spent a year teaching tenth graders in philadelphia high school as part of a reality show. and it wasn't easy. >> are you nervous? >> i'm terrified. >> maybe you should wear more...
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rwanda is a great example to use. is stability spreading through africa or do we have to face things like this? >> i think it's spreading in most parts, not in all. you still have pockets. in fact, places where there is -- countries close, the majority of africa is is seeing this progress in terms of stability and governing. there are many stories out there, but these are the stories also that we need to focus on and work together to try and address that. it all comes down to governing to leadership and making sure we understand what needs to be done and our responsible -- unfortunately, we don't find this everywhere. >> when do you think rwanda is going to be ready for full, conless democracy? >> it's a difficult question. one needs to look at history of the countries that have stability and full blown democracy. they have probably taken not decades, but hundreds of years to do that. it will be, i think, unfair to just think that you would be there, but you need to be on the move, on the journey to being there. that'
rwanda is a great example to use. is stability spreading through africa or do we have to face things like this? >> i think it's spreading in most parts, not in all. you still have pockets. in fact, places where there is -- countries close, the majority of africa is is seeing this progress in terms of stability and governing. there are many stories out there, but these are the stories also that we need to focus on and work together to try and address that. it all comes down to governing to...
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thank you to all of us for joining us. i want to start with you kassim. this is -- it's kind of auto biographical. it's inspired by your upbringing. you're muslim? >> yes. >> and you grew up in michigan? >> yes. >> you had sort of a typical american upbringing in many ways? >> absolutely. >> at some point it became clear to you that you were not the same as everybody else. you were being treated as an other. >> right. >> pick it up from there. >> the reason i made this film, i was raised a certain way, learning a lot of different things about love and acceptance and forgiveness, that kind of stuff. none of which is what's being portrayed nowadays of the whole extremism, terrorism, that angle. so i felt like i needed to do something about it and my voice is pretty much writing this film. >> something interesting that you wrote and i picked up on. you said you as an american not only live in fear of terrorism but you live in fear of being associated with terrorism. >> absolutely. the issue here at the root of this whole thing is the fact that there's this o
thank you to all of us for joining us. i want to start with you kassim. this is -- it's kind of auto biographical. it's inspired by your upbringing. you're muslim? >> yes. >> and you grew up in michigan? >> yes. >> you had sort of a typical american upbringing in many ways? >> absolutely. >> at some point it became clear to you that you were not the same as everybody else. you were being treated as an other. >> right. >> pick it up from there....
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tell us each week what you want us to debate. richard, see you next week. >> see you next week. >>> i'm going to need a minute to recover from that beating. the smackdown i just took from richard quest. but i will be back in a minute. there's a smartphone app for everything else so why not one to make you healthier and maybe get me or you into a skinnier vest. that's part of our continuing eatocracy special series. >>> all right. i've recovered from the whole quest situation. i don't have to deal with that for another week. all this week we are looking at different aspects of food in our lives in our special eatocracy series. there's an app for tracking protein, for tracking your carbohydrates, for tracking your raw food diet. it's called salud and it's being developed right down the street at georgia tech. a doctoral student is with me with the details. thank you very much for this. this is neat. for a guy like me this is perfect because i don't keep track of what i eat to start with. but this goes beyond just listing what you e
tell us each week what you want us to debate. richard, see you next week. >> see you next week. >>> i'm going to need a minute to recover from that beating. the smackdown i just took from richard quest. but i will be back in a minute. there's a smartphone app for everything else so why not one to make you healthier and maybe get me or you into a skinnier vest. that's part of our continuing eatocracy special series. >>> all right. i've recovered from the whole quest...
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barbara starr on the story for us joining us live from new york. barbara, we are hearing about the four suspected suicides in one weekend. an enthat's tough to comprehend because that's already been 14 suicides at ft. hood this year. what's going on? >> well, that's the question, kyra. ft. hood, texas. the army's largest base. some 50,000 troops stationed there. and what is going on? as you point out, the rise in suicides in the u.s. military, especially the u.s. army, very striking over the last several months. commanders really don't know besides the sort of obvious questions of substance abuse, relationship problems, stress from being deployed to war zones. what is causing this tragedy? it is of such concern the commander of ft. hood came out yesterday and offered some thoughts about it. have a listen. >> i will tell you that every one of these is tragic. the rate is higher than any of us, anybody in a leadership position anywhere in the army wants. but i will also tell you that the leaders from the head of the department of army level all the w
barbara starr on the story for us joining us live from new york. barbara, we are hearing about the four suspected suicides in one weekend. an enthat's tough to comprehend because that's already been 14 suicides at ft. hood this year. what's going on? >> well, that's the question, kyra. ft. hood, texas. the army's largest base. some 50,000 troops stationed there. and what is going on? as you point out, the rise in suicides in the u.s. military, especially the u.s. army, very striking over...
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he's getting used to them. and i think also maybe he's watching the stakeout because last week we were raising the question has the president lost his mojo. last night i think he was sending a signal maybe to critics that he's still got the mojo and can get momentum going in november getting 26,000 at this rally in madison mostly college students and trying to show, look, they are being up front about saying they are trying to rally a young democrat in particular. they're worried there are a lot of young people who turned out maybe for the first time in 2008, supported president obama then but frankly don't care about the midterm elections and don't see a lot at stakes for them. he's trying to lay that case out for them. maybe that will give democrats some momentum but it's hard to see whether it will matter in the races like in wisconsin where despite the president getting a big crowd are the same people going to show up for russ feingold westbound the democratic senator facing a challenge from robinson down s
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dana is joining us right now. dana, a lot of comparisons between what the republicans are planning to do this week and what they did back in 1994. >> right, you remember the images from 1994, right? it was the big, dramatic ceremony on the steps of the capital. you can see newt gingrich back then. that was their -- of course, their attempt after being in the minority for 40 years in the house to unveil their ten-point contract with america, legislation they promised to pass. but what house republicans plan to do this coming thursday is the same concept laying out an agenda for how they would govern if they're in charge, but it will look and feel very different. you will see the faces of the house republican leadership. i think they have them. that's who you're going to see this coming thursday. they're going to be not on the steps of the capitol but in a hardware store in northern virginia. it's by design emphasizing the issue, jobs and the economy. >> what do we know about what's going to be in their agenda? >> f
dana is joining us right now. dana, a lot of comparisons between what the republicans are planning to do this week and what they did back in 1994. >> right, you remember the images from 1994, right? it was the big, dramatic ceremony on the steps of the capital. you can see newt gingrich back then. that was their -- of course, their attempt after being in the minority for 40 years in the house to unveil their ten-point contract with america, legislation they promised to pass. but what...
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our jim acosta is following that for us. he's live for us from washington. quite a weekend they had, jim. >> that's true, john and candy. and you know at a lot of these summits they have these straw polls. they made the president for 2012 in a straw poll held at this year's summit over the weekend. it was indiana republican mike pence, not only a favorite of the religious right, but a tea party activist too. but he's not the only politician liked by these two movements which, incidentally are finding they have a lot in common. >> reporter: for conservatives, it could be a match made in political heaven. the nation's growing tea party movement joining forces with the religious right. >> would you like to alter your congress? >> reporter: in years past, the values voter summit staged this weekend in washington was a haven for social conservatives. but the speaker scheduled this year was packed with tea party rock stars. that say the summit's organizers was no accident. >> i think there's a natural alliance between social conservative voters and the tea party v
our jim acosta is following that for us. he's live for us from washington. quite a weekend they had, jim. >> that's true, john and candy. and you know at a lot of these summits they have these straw polls. they made the president for 2012 in a straw poll held at this year's summit over the weekend. it was indiana republican mike pence, not only a favorite of the religious right, but a tea party activist too. but he's not the only politician liked by these two movements which, incidentally...
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marijuana use rose by 8%. the rise in medicinal marijuana use is sending the wrong message to young people. >>> and pope benedict getting a royal welcome to his arrival in edinburgh, scotland. the pope was greeted by queen elizabeth. on the flight from rome, benedict told reporters that the catholic church was too slow in dealing with pedophile priests, calling it a great sadness. >>> well, controversy is following the pope on his visit to britain. they're calling that a crime. that's the same word used for women as priests. care costello is live from washington with an "a.m. original." >> reporter: you guys mentioned that pope benedict is in britain this morning, as you said, his visit is without controversy. many tickets remain unsold there which suggests many of britain's catholics are indifferent to his presence. you could argue many american-catholics feel the same way because of the way the vatican handled the sex abuse candle. some say it's time for change in leadership. a big change. that includes wome
marijuana use rose by 8%. the rise in medicinal marijuana use is sending the wrong message to young people. >>> and pope benedict getting a royal welcome to his arrival in edinburgh, scotland. the pope was greeted by queen elizabeth. on the flight from rome, benedict told reporters that the catholic church was too slow in dealing with pedophile priests, calling it a great sadness. >>> well, controversy is following the pope on his visit to britain. they're calling that a...